Table 4.

Characteristics of the included reviews for Community Mobilization and Support Groups

Reviews (n=02)	Description of included interventions	Type of studies included (no)	Targeted health care providers	Outcome reported		Pooled data (Y/N)	Results
				Other outcomes	MNCH specific outcomes
Jepson 2000 [67]	Formation of a committee of community representatives, promotion of the screening service, and implementation of an appointment system by the committee	RCT: 02	All people eligible to participate in a screening program as defined by the entry criteria for that program, included population groups such as pregnant women, neonates, children and adults in HIC		Mammogram uptake	No	Range: 5%-15%
Lassi 2010 [39]	Intervention packages that included additional training of outreach workers namely, female health workers/visitors, community midwives, community/village health workers, facilitators or TBAs in maternal care during pregnancy, delivery and in the postpartum period; and routine newborn care.	18 cluster-randomized/quasi-randomized trials	outreach workers namely, female health workers/visitors, community midwives, community/village health workers, facilitators or TBAs in LMIC		Maternal mortality	Yes	0.77 (0.59-1.02)
					Maternal morbidity		0.75 (0.61-0.92)
					Neonatal mortality		0.76 (0.68-0.84)
					Perinatal mortality		0.80 (0.71-0.91)
					Referral		1.4 (1.19-1.65)
					Early breast feeding		1.94 (1.56-2.42)